Gangetic mystus

Mystus cavasius

Whiskers trailing past tail fin

Gangetic mystus is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Mystus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Asia: lowland rivers in most major basins of the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar), including but not limited to the Indus, Brahmaputra-Ganges, Krishna, Cauvery, Irrawaddy, Salween and Tenasserim. Reports of this species from the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins, Malaysia, and Indonesia are based on misidentifications of Mystus albolineatus or Mystus singaringan . Occurs in Thailand, but only in the Salween basin.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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